DISEASES OF OTHER ENDOCRINE GLANDS (249-259)
255 Disorders of adrenal glands
Includes:
the listed conditions whether the basic disorder is in the adrenals or is pituitary-induced
Adrenal hyperplasia due to excess ACTH
Cushing's syndrome:
NOS
iatrogenic
idiopathic
pituitary-dependent
Ectopic ACTH syndrome
Iatrogenic syndrome of excess cortisol
Overproduction of cortisol
Use additional E code to identify cause, if drug-induced
Excludes:
congenital adrenal hyperplasia (255.2)
Adrenogenital syndromes, virilizing or feminizing, whether acquired or associated with congenital adrenal hyperplasia consequent on inborn enzyme defects in hormone synthesis
Achard-Thiers syndrome
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Female adrenal pseudohermaphroditism
Male:
macrogenitosomia praecox
sexual precocity with adrenal hyperplasia
Virilization (female) (suprarenal)
Excludes:
adrenal hyperplasia due to excess ACTH (255.0)
isosexual virilization (256.4)
Acquired benign adrenal androgenic overactivity
Overproduction of ACTH
Excludes:
tuberculous Addison's disease (017.6)
Adrenal medullary insufficiency
Excludes:
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcal) (036.3)
Catecholamine secretion by pheochromocytoma
Abnormality of cortisol-binding globulin

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